24 October 2006

A Bizarre Tale of AIDS, Porn and Product Placement Advertising

Here's an interesting piece of advertising lore to share at your next cocktail party.

You may remember that a couple of years ago, the porn industry was temporarily shut down when a number of adult film actors were diagnosed with HIV. Certainly, there's nothing trivial about people catching a deadly disease. However, as an advertising professional, I do find it fascinating how this turn of events in the porn industry affected my industry.